As many Wowhead users are fans of other Blizzard games, we're experimenting with a new article series--a weekly roundup of major announcements across Blizzard products. Here you'll find Wowhead Weekly for your usual WoW recap, as well as any new heroes, in-game events, and promotional deals from other Blizzard titles.\r\r\r\rWarcraft\rWowhead Weekly is a World of Warcraft podcast with Wowhead Site Manager Perculia and Video Manager TradeChat where all the recent Blizzard news and Wowhead developments are discussed. You can subscribe to our YouTube Channel to see every episode. We also livestream each episode Friday afternoons, starting at 6pm EST, on twitch.tv\/wowhead.\r\r\r\rImportant WoW news this past week includes Tomb of Sargeras on June 20th, Class Mounts on June 6th, Kil'jaeden Raid Testing, and new pickpocketing rewards in 7.2.5.\r\rHeroes of the Storm - Malthael Hero\r\rBlizzard has announced the latest Hero to join the Nexus is Malthael, originating from Diablo III. Malthael was first shown in the Opening Cinematic for the first Diablo III: Reaper of Souls expansion.\r\rOnce the Aspect of Wisdom, Malthael abandoned heaven after the Worldstone's destruction. In secret, he had resolved to end the Eternal Conflict by becoming a Reaper of Souls and eliminating everything affected by demonic corruption, including humanity.\r\r\r\r\rMalthael is an Assassin who revolves around a mechanic called Reaper's Mark.\r\r\rAbilties:\rReaper's Mark (Hero Trait) - Basic Attacks afflict non-Structure targets with Reaper's Mark for 4 seconds. Marked enemies are revealed and take damage equal to 2.5% of their maximum Health every 1 second.\rSOUL RIP - Extract the souls of nearby enemies afflicted by Reaper's Mark, dealing 100 damage and healing Malthael for 44 per target hit. Heroic targets heal Malthael for an additional 3% of the Hero's maximum Health.\rWRAITH STRIKE - Instantly teleport through an enemy afflicted by Reaper's Mark, dealing 59 damage and refreshing Reaper's Mark.\rDEATH SHROUD - After 0.25 seconds, unleash a wave of dark mist that applies Reaper's Mark to enemies it hits.\rTORMENTED SOULS - Gain 20 Armor and unleash a torrent of souls, continually applying Reaper's Mark to nearby enemies for 4 seconds.\rLAST RITES - Apply a death sentence to an enemy Hero that, after 2 seconds, deals damage equal to 50% of their missing Health. Repeatable Quest: Enemies killed while under the effect of Last Rites permanently reduce its cooldown by 5 seconds, to a minimum of 15 seconds.\r\rHeroes of the Storm has also released an In Development video showing off upcoming Skins, Mounts, Sprays and More!\r\r\r\rFinally, Heroes of the Storm is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary with a special in-game event:\r\r<p>Heroes of the Storm is about to turn two, and we want to thank all of YOU, our fearsome fighters, for coming on this epic journey with us. We couldn\u2019t have gotten here without you and your incredible passion and dedication for the game\u2014so we\u2019re throwing an in-game party befitting of all of you Heroes!&#160;Celebrate the second anniversary of Heroes with us from the week of May 30 through June 12. Just log in and play to earn daily Loot Chests\u2014plus an exclusive Banner, Portrait, and Spray!<\/p>\r<hr class="image-divider" \/>\r<h4><span style="color:#9900ff;"><strong>Event Details:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r<ul>\r<li>Duration: <span style="color:#0099ff;"><strong>Week of &#160;May 30 \u2013 June 12<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r<li>Daily Quest: Play 1 game in VS. AI, Quick Match, Unranked, or Ranked\r<ul>\r<li>Reward: &#160;One&#160;Common Loot Chest Per Day<\/li>\r<\/ul>\r<\/li>\r<li>Event Quest: Play 3 Games in VS. AI, Quick Match, Unranked, or Ranked during the Anniversary Event\r<ul>\r<li>Rewards:\r<ul>\r<li><span style="color:#0099ff;"><strong>Anniversary Portrait<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r<li><span style="color:#0099ff;"><strong>Anniversary Spray<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r<li><span style="color:#0099ff;"><strong>Anniversary Banner<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r<\/ul>\r<\/li>\r<\/ul>\r<\/li>\r<\/ul>\r<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Inline_Anniversary.jpg" data-id="20812288" src="https:\/\/bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net\/cms\/content_folder_media\/9i\/9I2M70EO3KZ51495667118510.jpg" \/><\/p>\r<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>:<\/em>&#160;These anniversary items will be exclusive to this event and will not be available for Shard crafting or from Loot Chests.<\/p>\r<hr class="image-divider" \/>\r<h4><\/h4>\r<h4><span style="color:#9900ff;">Join us on Stream:<\/span><\/h4>\r<p>To kick off our anniversary event, we\u2019ll be hosting an English-speaking stream on our official BlizzHeroes twitch channel at 10 a.m. PDT on June 5. Tune in for guests, games, giveaways, and more!<\/p>\r<p align="center"><a href="http:\/\/twitch.tv\/blizzheroes"><img alt="Inline_Button.jpg" data-id="20812289" src="https:\/\/bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net\/cms\/content_folder_media\/p0\/P0FR8KZ11M5N1495667941989.jpg" \/><\/a><\/p>\r<hr class="image-divider" \/>\r<h4><\/h4>\r<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thanks for joining us for these fantastic two years. Here\u2019s to many more in the Nexus!<\/strong><\/p>\r\r\r\rOverwatch - Horizon Lunar Colony Map\r\rAfter a brief teaser from Atlas News about some problems going on the moon base, Horizon Lunar Colony. The latest map to join Overwatch is Horizon Lunar Colony, a 2CP map. Players must attack or defend 2 Control Points from their enemies. The map takes place on a base on the moon, and as such a portion of the map takes place in space with low gravity! \r\rHorizon Lunar Colony is the place that Winston grew up with Dr. Harold Winston as shown in the Animated Short "Recall" and in the map, you are able to see some of these rooms! Check out Blizzard's preview of the map.\r\r\r\rIn addition, Jeff Kaplan released a Developer Update video discussion the new map and the new Gravity opinions in Custom games.\r\r\r\rOur friends at J!NX also revealed an upcoming line of Overwatch hero hoodies, including D.Va and Widowmaker. You can currently get 20% off all Blizzard J!NX Products with code WOWHEAD.\r\r\r\rDiablo III Necromancer Cinematic\r\rAt Blizzcon 2016, it was announced that the Necromancer will be making a return to Diablo. The Necromancer has been available to test on the Diablo III: Necromancer Beta Test, but for those that have not seen the opening Cinematic, Blizzard has released these Cinematics on the Diablo YouTube Channel.\r\r\r

Comentarios

Comentario de perculia

on 2017-06-03T22:30:09-05:00

Just to clarify the Blizzard roundups--last week, we ran a survey along with the upcoming front-page improvements, and over half of the participants stated they played other Blizzard titles besides WoW regularly. Our BlizzCon coverage of all the panels is popular too! So we thought it would be good to do weekly roundups highlighting major announcements. When you finish your weekly Breaching the Tomb quest, maybe this post will remind you to log onto Heroes for the anniversary event!

We do not have plans to incorporate coverage as other games as breaking news, and that would also get spammy on the front page and Discord webhook for channels that specifically signed up for WoW info. But we think highlighting other Blizzard games once a week is a good balance :) Unless of course you'd prefer us to go all-out on coverage for other Blizzard games--we'd be surprised, but open to feedback if that were so :)

If you would like us to include other details in this roundup (upcoming esport matches?), let us know!

Comentario de Randomdude1000

on 2017-06-03T23:01:47-05:00

I'm a simple man, I see a post from Wowhead I expect it to be about WoW. \r\rI suppose if the site were to be renamed "Blizzhead" or something, it would make more sense. Whatever you guys do, please allow us to quickly filter out news for games we don't play. I really couldn't care less about Overwatch, Hearthstone or HOTS.

Comentario de perculia

on 2017-06-03T23:13:23-05:00

I'm a simple man, I see a post from Wowhead I expect it to be about WoW.

I suppose if the site were to be renamed "Blizzhead" or something, it would make more sense. Whatever you guys do, please allow us to quickly filter out news for games we don't play. I really couldn't care less about Overwatch, Hearthstone or HOTS.

In the past week we've made 22 posts\/roundups about WoW, and we're only planning to do one roundup on the other Blizzard games per week. We are revamping the front page so you can browse news more quickly at a glance, so these types of roundup posts will take up less space on the front page. If we did decide to go full-blown coverage for all games, which is something we're not planning on - eg Hearthhead does 2-3 Hearthstone posts a day, we like in-depth game coverage to stay on the in-depth sites - we would likely add filters to the front page.

However, our current plan was to jazz up the usual Saturday roundup featuring Wowhead Weekly with some other Blizzard info (you can use WoW Tokens to get Battle.net balance for other games, after all), and just keep it as that - a roundup of the major announcements from Blizzard - no sudden datamining of other games, daily Necromancer beta previews etc. We did a similar post a few weeks ago highlighting the free Overwatch anniversary weekend and people seemed to find the reminder to log on\/open anniversary loot boxes useful.

We may do in-depth posts if there is something that is explicitly a cross-promotion with WoW (like the Primal Flamesaber - that post was very well-received), or highlight major new features on our sister site Hearthhead. Those types of posts have popped up now and then on Wowhead very sporadically for years so expect nothing new\/more frequent on that front.

Comentario de Randomdude1000

on 2017-06-03T23:31:09-05:00

Sweet. The new layout looks nice too.

Comentario de Manniala

on 2017-06-04T00:53:18-05:00

Ok, anyone know if you want those extra mount and the pet, can you get that after you have gotten the first class mount, so lets say (well i have 11 x 110 chars now, and last one probably 2 morrow), but i want the class mounts, but i wont really have the time right now to do every thing, so some chars might take a few month before they got those Artifact appearance or Achievement... If that makes any sense ? :D

The way i hear it in the video is like, you sorta have to get every thing before, or you wont be able to get those extra items... I do not want to rush getting the mounts, and then find out ah i needed the appearance before, now i wont be able to get the pet...

Comentario de Pelontir

on 2017-06-04T02:29:20-05:00

Highlighting other Blizzard games once a week is a good balance for me. I focus on the WoW news but I like it I can read the most important news about the other Blizzard games on this website, saves me visiting other sites.

Comentario de tyr2009

on 2017-06-04T04:42:17-05:00

Ok, anyone know if you want those extra mount and the pet, can you get that after you have gotten the first class mount, so lets say (well i have 11 x 110 chars now, and last one probably 2 morrow), but i want the class mounts, but i wont really have the time right now to do every thing, so some chars might take a few month before they got those Artifact appearance or Achievement... If that makes any sense ? :D\r\rThe way i hear it in the video is like, you sorta have to get every thing before, or you wont be able to get those extra items... I do not want to rush getting the mounts, and then find out ah i needed the appearance before, now i wont be able to get the pet...\r\rRight now, the tweets have said you have to complete the 11 step ToS opening quest on each character, and for the other collection reach AK40. They may change it before the expansion is over to, if one did it, they all did it, like the world quest unlocking reversal. \r\rhttp:\/\/www.wowhead.com\/patch-7-2-class-mounts\r\r@perculia: I like hearing a roundup without going to the other sites. Any chance you guys are going to make a diablohead?

Comentario de Toraziyal

on 2017-06-04T05:27:31-05:00

I'm fine with a once a week post for other Blizzard games, as long as it stays short and simple.\rAlso I liked in-depth posts for cross-promotion-thingies like the flamesaber. But only if that cross-promotion involves WoW, of course. I wouldn't want to have to read a lengthy post for how to play some Heroes games just to find out that's not doing anything for me in WoW, but in, say, Overwatch. It's Wowhead, after all. :)

Comentario de Artio

on 2017-06-04T05:47:30-05:00

I do like to see additional Blizzard news now and then. Just as side news like this.\rIt's true that if I would be a true fan of the other franchises, I would be looking at news sites about those too and then it would be a bit double to see them here too, but to me it's just WOW and a bit interest in the other games (Diablo 3 in my case), I welcomed to see the extra news here too. It might get me interested more in the other franchises and I welcome all efforts to make me enthusiastic about Blizzard games, lol. :)\rAnd besides, if such news is already known to me, it's easy to skip and check back later for more. \rInstead of complaining, for instance. I hate it how people lately choose to put energy in complaining over just easily skipping the items already known.

Comentario de Tombsv

on 2017-06-04T07:12:17-05:00

Whats the point of a spoiler tag if you keep talking about the spoiler after removing the spoiler tag? :\/ I skipped ahead to not see the spoiler thing and then you kept talking about it...

Pretty upset right now. I don't care about a lot of spoilers... But WoW spoilers are important for the reward of experiencing them for the first time. :(

Comentario de Wasselin

on 2017-06-04T07:55:02-05:00

I play FFXIV as well as WOW can you please start reporting FFXIV news in your weekly Roundup. Maybe Breath of the Wild news too. \/s

Comentario de Yutto

on 2017-06-04T09:50:04-05:00

I'm a simple man, I see a post from Wowhead I expect it to be about WoW. \r\rI suppose if the site were to be renamed "Blizzhead" or something, it would make more sense. Whatever you guys do, please allow us to quickly filter out news for games we don't play. I really couldn't care less about Overwatch, Hearthstone or HOTS.\r\rPretty much this.

Comentario de likwidd

on 2017-06-04T10:46:41-05:00

Eh, while news like new maps\/heroes is completely useless, reminders to log in for something like anniversary events is useful :P

Comentario de ZephiraZ

on 2017-06-04T10:46:44-05:00

Thanks for all the news! Never would have known about that Heroes thing otherwise.

Comentario de jjanchan

on 2017-06-04T13:57:58-05:00

I personally am not overly interested in other Blizzard games at present, but I think it's a great idea to have a single weekly post for those that do. It's clear there is a group of players that appreciates it, and it barely affects my experience on the site, so why not? One post a week is a good frequency; I think going above that wouldn't be prudent.

Comentario de tastemyfur

on 2017-06-05T02:11:34-05:00

Like everything in life, it's all about expectations (like 99%):\rPeeps see it's a post, they think it's about WoW. If it isn't, they gotta complain.\rAh life...